Drinking-fountain for poultry.



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DRINKING FOUNTAIN FOR POULTRY.

APPLICATION rum) SEPT.30,1908.

926,538. Patented June 29, 1909.

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DEINKING-FOUNTAEN FOR POULTRY.

Andrews, in tho county of Huntington and State of lndiana, have iIF-FSlltOLl now and l l l l i l usol'ul Improvements in Drinking-Fountains 1 for Poultry, of which tho l'ollowing' is a spccification.

This invention rclatcs to drinking lountains for poultry, and ono of tho principal objects of tho some is to provido a scllloading fountain in which provision is madc for littlo chicks and for full grown birds.

Another object of tho invcntion is to provido a fountain for poultry which will prc- Yont tho larggcr fowls l'rom intcrl'cring with the small chicks whilo driiikinc 7 Still anothcr object of tho invcntion is to provide simple and cllicicnt sclt-l'ccding double fountain l'or youi'ig and old poultry which can bc manufactured at slight cost, which can bc rcadilff cloancd and which can bc uickl' j\ supplicd with l'rcsh water.

These and other obiccts may be attaincd by moans ol tho coi'istruction illustrated in tho accompanying drawing in which,

Figure 1 is a central \'(1'l;l(1l scction takcn through tho comploto fountain. Fig. .2 is a side elevation of tho sainc.

Referring to tho drawing, tho numcrnl 1 designates a stand comprising a ring mounted on legs 2 and provided with suitable l cot Tho wire rack l is madc up of a sorics of strands of wire connectcd at thcir upper onds to a ring 5 and from thonoo curvcd outward to form bars spaced apart a suliicicnt distance to permit tho hoad ot a full grown bird to roach tho water in tho pan or trough (5. Tho wiro strands providcd with ii'iclincd mombors 7 and inwardly bcntportions 8 which serve to support tho pan or trough 6 and at tho samo timo provide inc-ans whc-ro by the rack may be supportcd upon tho ring of tho stand 1. From tho shoulders 8 tho wiro bars are curvcd, as at 9, and thoir torminal ends bcnt inward, as a 10, to support the pan or trough 6 designed for use by tho smaller birds. It is to be notcd that tho space between the portion 9 oi the bars is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1909.

Serial No. 455,578.

somowhat loss than the spaco between the bars abow'o and also that tho lowcr portion 01' tho l'oi'intain is located under tho stand, so that tho chicks will not bc in tcrlcrcd with by tho oldcr birds at tho timo ol drinking.

Support-0d upon tho top ol tho rack is a watcr containor 1] closod at tho top by a thrcadcd cap 12 and having at tho bottom a dcprcssion 12} in tho bottom of which is a porlorstion 14. The pans or troughs 6 aro cach providcd with doprcssions 15 and 16.

The opcration ol' my invcntion may bo briclly dcscribcd us lollows: ater is placod in tho containcr 1], and tho fountain is prol crably disposcd ovor a drain pipc drivcn into tho ground so that tho watcr which scops through tho fountain will not make tho ground muddy around tho fountain. Tho watcr drops through tho porloration 1 1- into tho pan 6, and l'rom thcnco through tho porlbration 15 into tho pan (3". Tho wntcr from this pan drops through the pcrloration 16 into thc drain pipo or on to the ground. It will be undcrstood that thc pcrlorations in tho watcr container and pans are of such sizo will only permit a small quantity to seep through. 'lhc pans 6 and (3 may bc originnlb supplied with wator From thc lorcgoing it will bo obvious that a fountain mado in accordance with my in- Tcntion can ho produced at comparativoly low cost, can ho roadily cloanod, insurcs a .lrcsh supply of wator constantly for the small chicks and for tho oldor birds, and that thoro is no intcrl'orcnco with tho sn'iallor birds.

I claim:

1. A drinking fountain for poultry comprising; a stand, a rack mountcd on tho stand, said rack comprising YcrticallV disposed spa-cod bars providod with shouldcrs and inwardly bont lowor onds, a plurality of pans, ono ol which is supportod upon tho shouldors in tho rack and tho othcr upon the inwardly bout onds, tho bars of tho rack bring; spaccd widor apart for tho uppcr pzin than tho lower one, and a wator ('ontaincr supportcd upon tho rack and providcd with a pcrloratcd bottom.

ezasee 2. A poultry fountain comprising a stand, a rack supported upon the stand, said rack comprising vertically spaced bars provided with shoulders intermediate their ends, a pan supported upon said shoulders, a Water container supported up on the rack above the pan, a pan supported at the lower end of the rack, said Water container and said pans each being provided with a single central perforation.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WELCOME S. BANDY. Witnesses R. H. SNITZ,

O. K. GLEAsoN. 

